Tharoor, who is among the first from Congress to have joined the Twitter bandwagon and the party's second most-followed leader after its president Rahul Gandhi on this medium, said:

"“Rajinikanth was the only person who in his first 24 hours on Twitter got 2 lakh followers. Given that Priyanka Gandhi has had only 12 hours on Twitter (so far) and she has got one lakh followers she seems to be on course to rival Rajinikanth. Looks like a new superstar on social media is born.”"

Earlier on 11 January, Tharoor had also taken to Twitter to welcome Vadra on to the platform.

Pleased to welcome @priyankagandhi to @twitter. It was once a lonely furrow for a Congressman to plough — glad to see @INCIndia stalwarts now all take to it with enthusiasm.

Apart from Tharoor, several other leaders too took to the social media platform to welcome Vadra’s debut.

Very pleased to welcome AICC General Secretary Smt. @priyankagandhi to Twitter.

Along with @RahulGandhi's vision and leadership, her campaign will invigorate our party workers and the masses towards supporting the Congress party in the Loksabha Election. pic.twitter.com/2Y5sZeVles

Vadra had joined Twitter ahead of her roadshow in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on Monday, 11 February. Congress’ Twitter handle had tweeted out the news on Monday, confirming that the new general secretary of eastern Uttar Pradesh had officially debuted on the social media platform.

Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is now on Twitter. You may follow her at @priyankagandhi